Penguin Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) Hi Raiders, Myself and 2 mates Bill and CR@ZY OS@M@ had a fish on Syd Harbour Tues morn, launched at Rose Bay 7.30 went just inside Middle Harbour.Bottom bashed for awhile for a couple of keeper Bream.Then CR@ZY OS@M@ started casting a metal lure around when we noticed Kingys following it to the boat.We put out a couple of unweighted peeled prawns and bang one rod goes off,and I land one King of 62cm.CR@ZY OS@MA continues throwing his lure about and 10 mins later another King follows it to the boat,and as he turns away from us,zzzzzzzzz he takes one of the prawns,Bills grabs the rod and he boats a King 58cm which is released. over the next hour and a half we boat,a Flounder 36cm,1Tarwhine 34cm, 1 Bream 35cm,3 Long Toms 71-78cm,2 Trevally 32 and 36cm,and I lost count on the number of undersize (and annoying)Snapper we released. We decided to head back to Rose Bay via the western Wedding Cake,we stopped and cast a couple of metals as close to the pylons as we could,a King follwed the 1st lure back to the boat,then turned and swam back to cover.We drifted a couple of prawns back towards the pylons,then one of the baits is smashed, and line starts stripping from CR@ZY OS@M@'s reel,as hes fighting this fish,we hear the sound of a boat behind us,we turn to see a US warship escorted by 4 police launches and a bigish twin motored police inflateable that had pulled up beside us,the 6 coppers on board screamed at us to move away,Bill and I start winding in our rods,CR@ZY OS@M@'s trying to land his fish,and they call out,"We know your on a fish but you must move away now,or we will move you,put down your rods and start your boat."I felt like telling them to relax and calm down, the warship was still a good 250mtrs away,and we were not in its path they were way overeacting,what would of happened if we were anchored at the time.Anyway we moved,CR@ZY OS@M@ lost his fish the Yanks and their escorts passed by,we went back to our spot and anchored,and proceeded to drift our baits back to the pylons, 5 mins into it zzzzzzz CR@ZY OS@M@'s reel started screaming,I tighten his drag a touch for him,I look at his rod tip and by the way the fish was trying to get back to the Wedding Cake,I inform him hes onto a King.He screams out loud WOOHOO. I then tell him theres 2 more Navy ships comin in,he looks over his shoulder and yells out BU@LST (hes a king virgin).I say "Relax there ours, and no police escort,"A few mins later he lands his 1st Kingy 61cm . In the next hr we boat 2more Bream 27-28cm,and a heap of slimeys(most released).Then it was time to head home. Sorry for long report but wanted to get all the good(or funny)bits in. Cheers Penguin. Edited March 17, 2006 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Top feed there mate. Theres nothing better than having a good supply of fresh fish in the fridge. Kings and flounder are mighty tasty fish well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KINGvirgin Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Awesome effort mate! What did u get the kingies on ??? Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthead Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Nice report Penguin & a nice bag of Fish too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Great story Penguin - well worth an afternoon read!! Good work on the fishing too - you guys totally cleaned up. Mondo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunOFun Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Good on ya penguin, sounds like you guys had a lot of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 Awesome effort mate! What did u get the kingies on ??? Cheers, Ian Hi KINGvirgin Large peeled Hawkesbury prawns. Cheers mate. Penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narralakes Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Great report penguin, sounds action packed, well done with the great bag of fish as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishrunner Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Well done there guys, , Sounds as though those prawns are working consistantly, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan A Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) I didn't think you could eat the fish out of the harbour at the moment? Dan Edited March 15, 2006 by Dan A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluecod Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I didn't think you could eat the fish out of the harbour at the moment? Dan Small amounts and besides, the fish weren't poisoned overnight, they've got the same dioxins in them as they've probably had for the last 30 years. Good report, though it gives me the willys that we've got to relinquish our rights to free access to public land just because some friggin yankee death trap comes a waltzing through the harbour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewnut Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 George, but dont get me started on the yanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Good report Penguin. What a hoot about the Yankee warship. I can just picture it. Wombat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikila Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 You definitely had an interesting day alright , what are longtom like on the fang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Fisho Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) Great Report. There's something about the prawns at the moment. I had a session off middle head last weekend with my mate, we spoke the night before and he said "don't worry about bait, i've got it sorted" So i didn't bother and we turned up early. Rigging up on the way through the spit, i decided to get a bit of berley ready and asked him for the bait, he handed me the bag. LARGE COOKED KING PRAWNS. I said mate, there's no cooked prawns in the ocean, we not going to catch S$#t. We rigged up and threw them out anyway, and floated them near the heads, next thing, XXXXXXXXX, on to a nice 70cm kingy, next cast, got onto another nice 67cm Kingy. I'm still eating my words!! Edited March 16, 2006 by Beach Fisho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Great Report. There's something about the prawns at the moment. I had a session off middle head last weekend with my mate, we spoke the night before and he said "don't worry about bait, i've got it sorted" So i didn't bother and we turned up early. Rigging up on the way through the spit, i decided to get a bit of berley ready and asked him for the bait, he handed me the bag. LARGE COOKED KING PRAWNS. I said mate, there's no cooked prawns in the ocean, we not going to catch S$#t. We rigged up and threw them out anyway, and floated them near the heads, next thing, XXXXXXXXX, on to a nice 70cm kingy, next cast, got onto another nice 67cm Kingy. I'm still eating my words!! Penguin. You definitely had an interesting day alright , what are longtom like on the fang? Hi Kikila. Bill took the Toms home and says they tasted good, but not much of a feed on them. Cheers, Penguin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 i must say penguin that was a bloody awsome day mate and yes guys i was a kingy virgin definately got me hooked back in the sport of fishing the next on the list now that im really keen to catch is jew fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 (edited) i must say penguin that was a bloody awsome day mate and yes guys i was a kingy virgin definately got me hooked back in the sport of fishing the next on the list now that im really keen to catch is jew fish Hi CR@ZY OS@M@, Maybe if u hadnt been playing the game Counter Strike and posing as a terrorist named CR@ZY OS@M@ the night b4,theUS navy and the water police may have left us alone. Good Day, Penguin. Edited March 17, 2006 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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